Regie:
Bobcat GoldthwaitCamera:
Bradley StonesiferMuziek:
Charlyne YiActeurs:
Margaret Cho, Lenny Clarke, David Cross, Tom Kenny, Patton Oswalt, Steven Wright, John Ennis, Cindy Sheehan, Joyce Brabner, Martin OlsonSamenvattingen(1)
Barry Crimmins is pissed. His hellfire brand of comedy has rained verbal lightning bolts on American audiences and politicians for decades, yet you've probably never heard of him. But once you've experienced Bobcat Goldthwait's brilliant character portrait of him and heard Crimmins's secret, you will never forget him. From his unmistakable bullish frame came a scathingly ribald stand-up style that took early audiences by force. Through stark, smart observation and judo-like turns of phrase, Crimmins's rapid-fire comedy was a war on ignorance and complacency in '80s America at the height of an ill-considered foreign policy.
Crimmins discusses another side of his character, revealing in detail a dark and painful past that inspired his life-changing campaign of activism in the hope of saving others from a similar experience.
Interviews with comics like Margaret Cho and Marc Maron illustrate Crimmins's love affair with comedy and his role in discovering and supporting the development of many of today's stars. As a venerated member of America's comic community, Crimmins could be your newest national treasure. Just don't tell him that. He's not done being pissed yet.
(Sundance Film Festival)
Acteurs
Margaret Cho
USA
Beste films:
Face/Off (1997)
The Lost Room (2006) (serie)
It's My Party (1996)
Lenny Clarke
USA
Beste films:
Rounders (1998)
The Judge (2014)
Lemony Snicket: Ellendige avonturen (2004)
David Cross
USA
Beste films:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Men in Black (1997)
Ghost World (2001)
Tom Kenny
USA
Beste films:
The Animatrix (2003)
Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007) (compilatievideo)
De SpongeBob SquarePants film (2004)
Patton Oswalt
USA
Beste films:
Ratatouille (2007)
Magnolia (1999)
Man on the Moon (1999)
Steven Wright
USA
Beste films:
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
John Ennis
USA
Beste films:
Zodiac (2007)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
Cellular (2004)
Cindy Sheehan
USA
Joyce Brabner
USA
Beste films:
American Splendor (2003)